Do I have to use special shielded cable or just plain old coax would
work for this distance (100 m) between 2 houses?
Thanks
CyberMan
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick L. Mantooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CyberMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, March 23, 1998 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: Network
>Meanwhile in North Texas, USA,
>Linux P5100 - Linksys PCI 10/100M card
>to
>W95 P200/MMX - Linksys Ether16 10M
>
>25 foot thin coax cable with 50 ohm resistor at each end
>(plugged in to the BNC-T at back of each card)
>[resistors are ~US $1.50]
>
>Run xdm at Linux and Exceed on W95 and wife/kids log in
>and play all games with no speed probs.
>
>I went with Linksys because they print Linux compatable
>on the box! Good price also.
>
>>From the book:
>"Maximum distance for a thin coax backbone between repeaters
>is 607 feet, and 328 feet for 10BaseT"
>
>Rick
>On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, CyberMan wrote:
>
>>
>> What type of cable should I use for a network of 2 computers,
>> considering that the distance between them is 100 meters max. I don't
need
>> very high speed, but I don't want to spend too much. I would like to use
2
>> NE2000 cards, but I've heard that some clones are nothing but crap. Could
>> you recommend something?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> CyberMan
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